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#Altamira Composer

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#57248From: MARTIN G FOSTERSep 11, 1993 5:13 PM
Hey Ana, isn't "Krazy" spelt with a "c" not a "k" – for example "crazy images". If not, should I spell "Martin el loco" like "Martin el loko" so I can be kool, not cool <g,d&r>(grinning,dukking, and running). Sorry about that, Martin "El loco/loko" (digame, qual es tu favorito)
#57268From: Ana Francisca GervasSep 11, 1993 7:41 PM
Hey, Martin, my english is bad, but at least I know how to speel crazy! It's a matter of "name design". We were waiting these days for the confirmation of the TM from the international organization (I don't know the name of this, Jesus and one of the "abogados" (lawyers or attorneys?) have done all the papers). But now we have a S.A. (sociedad anonima) with a TMed name. So things are going serious <g> But not us! And you have to see the logo. Jesus designed and it is awesome… and really crazy. But people like our image (and clients too). It's elegant and cool, but also vanguard and with the spicy of krazyness that all of us need (I need a lot!) Regarding the Ks, instead of Cs. We used that in Spain, but in the underground enviroments (not computer based). It's a kind of breaking classic cultural and language konventions. All started with the OKUPAS. La OKUPACION (invasion), was a movement that started in the late seventies, with gangs of young homeless people that invade unhabited houses (taht have been in that state for years) demanding affordable homes from the administration. I like a lot Martin el Loko (a lot more than Animatrix 🙂 Sounds like a pirate (a world that I love… are there anything that I don't love in this world? Yes, MS-DOS! <g>) And I think that it's a famous character from old spanish literature. ana />K<razy images
#57272From: MARTIN G FOSTERSep 11, 1993 8:19 PM
Ana, that's quite an explanation <g>. The youth everywhere love to break language conventions. One of my favourites is using "ph" instead of "f". Phor example, "Phrankly my dear, I don't give a damn" (from Gone with the Wind). I think the Germans probably started the "k" for "c" revolution and it ended up with widescale acceptance <g>. It's a shame you don't like "Animatrix", it was an amalgamation of 3 words (animation, matrix, and tricks [trix]) with some sexual innuendo thrown in for the sleazy side of my, uh, business. Oh well, you can't win them all 🙁
#57328From: Ana Francisca GervasSep 12, 1993 12:21 PM
In Spain we are open for any culture, but I think the K comes from the Vasques (because their native language was prohibited during Franco's dictatorship). You know, as soon as democracy started up, citys everywhere, names, started to take the native language names, instead of the castillian ones (i.e. Baracaldo-Barakaldo) The funny thing is that only a few people (compared to the main population) knows a perfect vasco, so hey start to put the K everywhere. It was a fashion that days. However, krazy images was not intended to be in the same way. The last thing that made us to take the name was Krazy Kat. Hey! I like Animatrix. I was only kidding. I don't think Martin el Loko will be ok in your presentation cards <g> However, it was a great nick name 🙂 ana /krazy images
#57339From: MARTIN G FOSTERSep 12, 1993 2:43 PM
What? Franko prohibited alternative kultures and enforced the Kastillian language, instead? Sounds like he was a krazy klown <g>. Martin "too hip" Foster PS: we'd better take the conversation over to "Take 5/General" because we might be considered reactionary for breaking the rules <g>.
#57348From: alec jasonSep 12, 1993 4:18 PM
Yeah, Martin, I've been trying to follow this thread . . . . Was Altamira a famous (but ekkcentric) Basque Komposer? Alec Euzkadi Jason